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The multiperspectival nature of place names: Ewenki mobility, river naming, and relationships with animals, spirits, and landscapes

, 2022
The article examines the process of production and change of place names based on data collected in 2017 among the Okhotsk Ewenki, the easternmost Indigenous community in Siberia, Russia.
Nadezhda Mamontova, Thomas F. Thornton, Thornton, Thomas, Mamontova, Nadezhda; id_orcid   +3 more
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Bioactive Constituents from the Whole Plants of Gentianella acuta (Michx.) Hulten

Molecules, 2017
As a Mongolian native medicine and Ewenki folk medicinal plant, Gentianella acuta has been widely used for the treatment of diarrhea, hepatitis, arrhythmia, and coronary heart disease.
Zhijuan Ding, Yanxia Liu, Jingya Ruan, Shengcai Yang, Haiyang Yu, Meiling Chen, Yi Zhang, Tao Wang   +7 more
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Spinning the Past Forward: Recording, Archiving, and (Re‐)listening to Siberian Phonograph Cylinders From the Jesup North Pacific Expedition

Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 2, Fall 2026.
ABSTRACT The article examines the history of phonographic recordings from the Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897–1902), a venture that shaped the methods of Siberian and Arctic anthropology for decades. The authors—a historical anthropologist, a curator, and an Indigenous Sakha scholar—trace how audio recordings made during the expedition have moved ...
Dmitry Arzyutov, Veronika Trotter, Vera Solovyeva   +2 more
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Die Liste Gerstfeldt bei Castrén [PDF]

, 2002
Der Autor ergänzt das Sravnitel'nyj slovar' tunguzo-man'cžurskih jazykov von V. I. Cincius. Er publiziert hiermit die Liste Gerstfeldt aus Castréns Monograph Grundzüge einer tungusischen Sprachlehre, die bei Cincius unberücksichtigt blieb.
Doerfer, Gerhard, Gerhard Doerfer
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Rhythm Across Species: Situating Human Speech in a Comparative Framework

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1563, Issue 1, September 2026.
We analyzed speech rhythms from 48 human languages using methods drawn from biology and linguistics. Interonset intervals across languages are surprisingly similar, with a median value of 2 seconds., despite substantial differences in linguistic structure and prosody. A comparative rhythm analysis shows that human speech falls within the range reported
Lara S. Burchardt, Ludger Paschen, Susanne Fuchs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic polymorphisms of 54 mitochondrial DNA SNP loci in Chinese Xibe ethnic minority group. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2017
We analyzed the genetic polymorphisms of 54 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in Chinese Xibe ethnic minority group. A total of 137 unrelated healthy volunteers from Chinese Xibe group were the objects of our study.
Shen CM, Hu L, Yang CH, Yin CY, Li ZD, Meng HT, Guo YX, Mei T, Chen F, Zhu BF.   +9 more
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Arctic Cultural Circle in Three Ethnographic Works from China, Russia, and Canada

Humanities
This paper analyzes the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) within the Arctic Cultural Circle by comparing three influential texts: the Russian travelogue Dersu, the Trapper (1923); the Canadian memoir People of the Deer (1952); and the Chinese novel ...
Yang Mu, Di Ma
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Genetic Polymorphism of Drug Metabolic Gene CYPs, VKORC1, NAT2, DPYD and CHST3 of Five Ethnic Minorities in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China

Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2021
Tingting Zhang,1,2,* Qiuyan Li,1– 3,* Bonan Dong,1,2 Xiao Liang,1,2 Mansha Jia,4 Jing Bai,1,2 Jingcui Yu,2,4 Songbin Fu1,2 1Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2Key Laboratory of ...
Zhang T, Li Q, Dong B, Liang X, Jia M, Bai J, Yu J, Fu S   +7 more
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Optimizing Structural Parameters of a Water Distribution Device in Cylindrical High‐Flowrate Mixed Bed Using Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 21, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT High‐flowrate mixed bed is the foremost desalination equipment in the condensate polishing system. The water distribution device determining the water distribution uniformity directly affects its operation stability, output water quality, and service life of the resins.
Jing Zhu, Yuhan Liu, Kai Tuo, Xiaohong Zhang, Zhe Xia, Zhao Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additive Expressions in the Numeral Systems of the Northeast Siberian Languages

, 2023
This study examines the various additive expressions in the numeral systems of northeast Siberian languages and considers contact influences among the languages. Except for some quite rare types, the types of additive expression observed in the northeast
長崎, 郁
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